Water vapour and heat combine to elicit biting and biting persistence in tsetse

BACKGROUND: Tsetse flies are obligatory blood feeders, accessing capillaries by piercing the skin of their hosts with the haustellum to suck blood. However, this behaviour presents a considerable risk as landing flies are exposed to predators as well as the host’s own defense reactions such as tail...

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Autores principales: Chappuis, Charles JF, Béguin, Steve, Vlimant, Michèle, Guerin, Patrick M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23958224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-240

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23958224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-240

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